//This progame is to display how regex class work,
//how to find match subsequence from the Sting.
package com.src;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
//\s A whitespace character, short for [ \t\n\x0b\r\f]
//\S A non-whitespace character, short for [^\s]
//\w A word character, short for [a-zA-Z_0-9]
//\W A non-word character [^\w]
public class RegexTest {
public static final String EXAMPLE_TEST = "This is my small example string which I'm going to use for pattern matching.";
public static void main(String[] args) {
Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\w+");
// in case you would like to ignore case sensitivity,
// you could use this statement:
// Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\s+", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(EXAMPLE_TEST);
System.out.println("xjf>>>"+matcher.groupCount());
//next subsequence of the input sequence that matches the pattern.
while (matcher.find()) {
System.out.print("Start index: " + matcher.start());
System.out.print(" End index: " + matcher.end() + " ");
//the expressions m.group() and s.substring(m.start(), m.end()) are equivalent.
System.out.println(matcher.group());
System.out.println("EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>"+EXAMPLE_TEST.substring(matcher.start(), matcher.end()));
}
// now create a new pattern and matcher to replace whitespace with \n
Pattern replace = Pattern.compile("\\s+");
Matcher matcher2 = replace.matcher(EXAMPLE_TEST);
System.out.println(matcher2.replaceAll("\n"));
}
}
the result is:
//the expressions m.group() and s.substring(m.start(), m.end()) are equivalent.
//\w A word character, short for [a-zA-Z_0-9]
Start index: 0 End index: 4 This
EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>This
Start index: 5 End index: 7 is
EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>is
Start index: 8 End index: 10 my
EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>my
Start index: 11 End index: 16 small
EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>small
Start index: 17 End index: 24 example
EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>example
Start index: 25 End index: 31 string
EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>string
Start index: 32 End index: 37 which
EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>which
Start index: 38 End index: 39 I
EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>I
Start index: 40 End index: 41 m
EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>m
Start index: 42 End index: 47 going
EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>going
Start index: 48 End index: 50 to
EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>to
Start index: 51 End index: 54 use
EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>use
Start index: 55 End index: 58 for
EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>for
Start index: 59 End index: 66 pattern
EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>pattern
Start index: 67 End index: 75 matching
EXAMPLE_TEST.substring>>>matching
//replace whitespace with \n
This
is
my
small
example
string
which
I'm
going
to
use
for
pattern
matching.